Varanasi panchang, 4 December 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 02:07 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 17:06- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:49 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta 08:36 – 09:19
- Rahu Kalam 10:28 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:51
- Yamaganda 14:27 – 15:46
- 08:23 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 10:23 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:21 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:06 to 06:30 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:02 Moon enters Libra
- 23:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 23:45
- Nakshatra Hasta until 10:23 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ayushman until 08:23
- Karana Bava until 11:21, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:23 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 10:23 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:02 Moon enters Libra
- 23:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:36 – 09:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:27 – 15:46
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:42 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:29 – 23:45
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:29 – 07:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:49 – 09:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:08 – 10:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:28 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:47 – 13:07 | Good |
| Rog | 13:07 – 14:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:27 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Char | 15:46 – 17:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:06 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:46 – 20:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:27 – 22:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:07 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:48 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:28 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:09 – 04:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:49 – 06:30 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:47 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:29 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:11 Libra
- 05:11 – 07:28 Scorpio
- 07:28 – 09:32 Sagittarius
- 09:32 – 11:17 Capricorn
- 11:17 – 12:48 Aquarius
- 12:48 – 14:17 Pisces
- 14:17 – 15:55 Aries
- 15:55 – 17:52 Taurus
- 17:52 – 20:06 Gemini
- 20:06 – 22:24 Cancer
- 22:24 – 00:38 next day Leo
- 00:38 – 02:50 next day Virgo
- 02:50 – 05:07 next day Libra
- 05:07 – 06:30 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method